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Becker, Ludwig, b. 1808
An undervalued member of the fateful Burke and Wills expedition, Ludwig Becker was an accomplished artist and naturalist whose contribution to the expedition has belatedly ...
Davies, Emma Lyttleton
Emma Lyttleton Davies and Mary Ellen Davies were sisters and accomplished sketchers. They painted watercolours of flowers in the 1860s.
Macarthur, James, b. 1813
Male colonial artist of the famous Macarthur family whose only known pictures are of Victorian landscapes, despite living in Tasmania and New South Wales.
Manly, John Henry, b. 1843
Colonial era Tasmanian political cartoonist, lithographer, publisher and printer. Manly died of tuberculosis. He was twenty-eight years old.
Black, Margaret
Margaret Black sketched several notable views of Launceston that were exhibited in Melbourne in 1860 to glowing reviews. In 1861 one of the picture was ...
Allport, Mary Louise, b. 1832
Only daughter of sketcher Mary Morton Allport. Minnie Allport's work mainly consisted of delicate watercolours of native Australian flowers, both single specimens and decorative bunches.
Baxter, Annie Maria, b. 1816
Annie Maria Baxter was a prolific writer who kept meticulous diaries of her life in Australia. Her few surviving drawings are now held at the ...
Davenport, Fanny Maria, b. 1849
Fanny Maria Davenport was born in Richmond, Van Diemen's Land, now Tasmania in 1849. She was sketcher.
Mason, Cyrus, b. 1829
English colonial male lithographer, watercolourist, and draughtsman. His diverse career included writing and illustrating children's books, teaching, publishing newspapers, public speaking and founding music and ...
McDonald, Archibald, b. 1831
McDonald ran a successful photography business in Melbourne - shifting location every few years as partnerships changed or he outgrew his premises. He produced numerous ...
Launceston Mechanics Institute exhibition

by Dowling, Robert Hawker.

marking the official opening of the Launceston Mechanics Institute building

Launceston Mechanics Institute Exhibition

by Stokes, .

Bastow,
Miss Bastow was headmistress of a school in Launceston, Tasmania in 1863 where young ladies were given a proper "English" education, including drawing classes.
Mitchell, Catherine, b. 1812
Sketcher, came out from England to Tasmania in order to marry John Mitchell. Catherine Mitchell sketched her personal surroundings but never exhibited. There is some ...
Montague, Fearnleigh L.
19th century painter of land and streetscapes - travelled around Australia, New Zealand and the United States of America.
Morris, Alfred
Professional photographer from Melbourne. He was apparently the 'Professor Morris' who was at 16 Bourke Street, Melbourne, in 1859.
Allport, Mary Morton, b. 1806
Painter of landscapes, flowers, natural history studies and portrait miniatures. Allport's etchings, engravings and lithographs were the first to have been made by a woman ...
Allport, Morton, b. 1830
Painter and amateur photographer. Allport appears to have made the first photographic expedition to the Lake St Clair region in Tasmania, exhibiting the stereoscopic photographs ...
Livingston,
Painter, drawing teacher and lecturer, was presumably a member of the New York Livingston family of artists. He delivered a well-attended lecture on drawing at ...
Hopkins, Benjamin
Colonial era Launceston drawing teacher. Hopkins advertised drawing classes in the 'Launceston Examiner'.